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Chapter 89 |
| 1 | I will sing of
the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy
faithfulness to all generations. |
| 2 | For I have said, Mercy shall be
built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very
heavens. |
| 3
| I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto
David my servant, |
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4 | Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy
throne to all generations. Selah. |
| 5 | And the heavens shall praise
thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the
saints. |
| 6 |
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among
the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? |
| 7 | God is greatly
to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all
them that are about him. |
| 8 | O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD
like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? |
| 9 | Thou
rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest
them. |
| 10 |
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou
hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
| 11 | The heavens
are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof,
thou hast founded them. |
| 12 | The north and the south thou hast created
them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
| 13 | Thou hast a
mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. |
| 14 | Justice
and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before
thy face. |
| 15
| Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they
shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. |
| 16 | In thy name
shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be
exalted. |
| 17
| For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy
favour our horn shall be exalted. |
| 18 | For the LORD is our defence;
and the Holy One of Israel is our king. |
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19 | Then thou spakest in
vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I
have exalted one chosen out of the people. |
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20 | I have found David my
servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: |
| 21 | With whom my
hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. |
| 22 | The
enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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| 23 | And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate
him. |
| 24 |
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my
name shall his horn be exalted. |
| 25 | I will set his hand also in
the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. |
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26 | He shall cry unto me,
Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. |
| 27 | Also I
will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. |
| 28 | My
mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with
him. |
| 29 |
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne
as the days of heaven. |
| 30 | If his children forsake my law, and walk not
in my judgments; |
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31 | If they break my statutes, and keep not my
commandments; |
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32 | Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
and their iniquity with stripes. |
| 33 | Nevertheless my
lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to
fail. |
| 34 |
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone
out of my lips. |
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35 | Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not
lie unto David. |
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36 | His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as
the sun before me. |
| 37 | It shall be established for ever as the
moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
| 38 | But thou
hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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| 39 | Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his
crown by casting it to the ground. |
| 40 | Thou hast broken down all his
hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. |
| 41 | All that
pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. |
| 42 | Thou
hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies
to rejoice. |
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43 | Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and
hast not made him to stand in the battle. |
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44 | Thou hast made his glory
to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. |
| 45 | The days of
his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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| 46 | How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn
like fire? |
| 47
| Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made
all men in vain? |
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48 | What man is he that liveth, and shall not see
death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. |
| 49 |
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in
thy truth? |
| 50
| Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do
bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; |
| 51 | Wherewith
thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the
footsteps of thine anointed. |
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52 | Blessed be the LORD for evermore.
Amen, and Amen. |
